VAL-D'ISERE, France, Dec 21 AFP - Elisabeth Goergl beat fellow Austrian Anna Fenninger in the women's World Cup super-G at Val d'Isere on Sunday as Lindsey Vonn crashed out.
Vonn was seeking to follow up Saturday's downhill win in the French Alps which put her to within one of Annemarie Moser-Proell's all-time World Cup record of 62.
But as the American snow queen's record-equalling bid failed to take off Goergl was celebrating a tight five hundredths of a second win over Olympic champion Fenninger.
The 33-year-old slalom and super-G world champion in 2011, who had come in second to Vonn in the downhill 24 hours earlier, clocked a time of 1min 25.42 seconds.
This was her seventh World Cup win and she nailed it with a lightning final section at more than 106km/hr.
Slovenia's Tina Maze finished in third, and following Saturday's fourth place, she retained control of the overall World Cup standings.
For defending World Cup champion Fenninger this was a bolder performance than her 11th place in the downhill.
Fenninger started well before her speed dropped off a little on a demanding Oreiller Killy slope which proved the measure of a number of competitors, including Vonn.
Any fears that this latest fall may have had damaging repercussions following the serious in knee injury she suffered in a high speed crash in 2013 appeared to be unfounded.
Another favourite, Switzerland's defending World Cup super-G titleholder Lara Gut, posted a time of 1min 25.65 with her run marred by a mistake as she approached the finish.
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